November, 2024

• 1 November

  ‘Why Do We Take Drugs?’ Explores How the West Fell for Psychedelics

  A new exhibition series rejects the question of whether or not we should be doing drugs, and instead tries to understand why, and how, we always have. Source link

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• 1 November

  Asian Equities Echo US Declines as Tech Stocks Hit: Markets Wrap

  Asian Equities Echo US Declines as Tech Stocks Hit: Markets Wrap Source link

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• 1 November

  Man Who Killed Hundreds of Eagles and Hawks Gets Nearly 4 Years in Prison

  Travis John Branson was part of a conspiracy that killed 3,600 birds, prosecutors said. He also trafficked and sold bird parts on the black market. Source link

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• 1 November

  The EU Is Investigating Temu for Illegal Products and Addictive Design

  

  The European Union has launched a formal investigation into Chinese shopping platform Temu, citing concerns that the platform is selling illegal products and has been designed in a way that is addictive for consumers. “There is a real suspicion that not enough is done—not in an effective way—to really prevent …

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• 1 November

  Why Dodgers’ Game 5 win over Yankees was the craziest World Series clincher ever

  

  NEW YORK — A championship trophy is a work of art. But the game that gets you that trophy? Sometimes not so much! So let’s do our best to tell you about Game 5 of the 2024 World Series — the game that crowned the Los Angeles Dodgers the champions …

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• 1 November

  Inflation Cools in September, but Don’t Expect Another Jumbo Interest Rate Cut

  

  Inflation numbers cooled again in September, reinforcing expectations of another interest rate cut at next week’s Federal Reserve meeting. The Fed’s preferred inflation indicator rose 2.1% annually in September, as expected. Month over month, prices rose by 0.2%, according to the personal consumption expenditures index released Thursday by the US …

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• 1 November

  6 New Books We Recommend This Week

  Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. Source link

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• 1 November

  JD Vance Talks to Joe Rogan About Trans Issues, Abortion and Testosterone

  Senator JD Vance spoke for more than three hours on “The Joe Rogan Experience,” his latest appearance on a podcast with a large following among young men. Source link

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• 1 November

  Inside Sophos’ 5-Year War With the Chinese Hackers Hijacking Its Devices

  

  For years, it’s been an inconvenient truth within the cybersecurity industry that the network security devices sold to protect customers from spies and cybercriminals are, themselves, often the machines those intruders hack to gain access to their targets. Again and again, vulnerabilities in “perimeter” devices like firewalls and VPN appliances …

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• 1 November

  Bob Costas retires from MLB play-by-play duties after 4-plus decades

  

  Bob Costas is retiring as a Major League Baseball play-by-play caller, marking the end of a legendary run in which he became synonymous with the game over four decades and earned a place in the broadcasting wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Costas confirmed the news Thursday when reached …

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